Fall 2020 Diploma Ceremony Program
Friday, December 18, 2020 // 9:00 a.m. (In-Person), 1:00 p.m. (Virtual)
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College of Music & Dramatic Arts - December 2020 Graduating Class
Murtaza Ali- Ghulam
Film and Television
Leah Chayah Bragg
Theatre Studies
Joshua Jeriod Dennis
Design Technology
Laryn Alexandria Green
Physical Theatre
Kiana Daishone Naquin
Theatre Performance
Brandon Joseph Persica
Theatre Studies
Noah Thomas Smith
Theatre Studies
Christopher David Bradley
Trombone
Summa Cum Laude
Christopher Thomas Samuel Haugh
Horn
Amy Elizabeth Stone
Voice
Stephen James St. Pierre
Euphonium
Taylor Elizabeth Vastbinder
Harp
Dongwook Cheon
Collaborative Piano
Major Professor: Dr. Ana Maria Otamendi
Allen Keith Carpenter
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Joseph Skillen
Liliia Oliinky
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Willis Delony
Diana Thacher
Non-thesis portfolio of specialized research and creative activity
Major Professor: Dr. Willis Delony
Matthew Lee Ward
Theodore Thomas, the American Symphonic Heritage, and an Orchestral Model for the
Twenty-First Century
Major Professor: Professor Carlos Riazuelo
Chase Mitchusson
Indeterminate Sample Sequencing in Virtual Reality
Major Professor: Dr. Jesse Allison
The appearance of a name in this program is presumptive evidence of graduation, but is not to be regarded as conclusive. Students whose names are listed more than once in this program are receiving multiple degrees. The names of some students may not be listed in this program due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974.
College of Music & Dramatic Arts - Faculty and Administration
James Byo | Director of the School of Music, Carl Prince Matthies Memorial Professor, Music Education |
Jesse Allison | Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media |
Lori Bade | Nell S. and Boyd H. McMullan Distinguished Professor, Voice |
Inessa Bazayev | Manship Associate Professor, Music Theory |
Stephen David Beck | Professor of Composition and Electro-Acoustic Music, Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor |
Hana Beloglavec | Assistant Professor, Trombone |
Edgar Berdahl | Associate Professor, Experimental Music and Digital Media |
John Bishop | Instructor of Guitar |
Michael Borowitz | Associate Professor, Opera |
Brett Boutwell | William F. Swor Alumni Associate Professor, Musicology |
Jason Bowers | Instructor, Music Education |
Griffin Campbell | J. Franklin Bayhi Alumni Professor, Saxophone |
Jane Cassidy | Roy and Margaret Gianelloni Alumni Professor, Music Education |
Dinos Constantinides | LSU Boyd Professor of Composition, Composer-in-Residence |
Cliff Croomes | Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Bengal Brass, Assistant Director of Tiger Band |
Trey Davis | Stephanie Landry Barineau Associate Professor, Associate Director of Choral Studies |
Willis Delony | LSU Boyd Professor, Piano and Jazz Studies |
John Dickson | Director of Choral Studies, Edward G. and Catherine M. Galante Chair of Choral Music Education, Stephanie Landry Barineau Professor of Music |
Brett Dietz | Associate Professor of Percussion |
Mara Gibson | Associate Professor of Composition |
Andreas Giger | Louise and Kenneth L. Kinney Professor of Opera and Professor, Musicology |
Paul Groves | Artist-in-Residence, Voice |
Robert Grayson | Edith K. Kirkpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Voice |
Michael Gurt | Paula G. Manship Distinguished Professor, Piano |
Darrel Hale | Associate Professor, Bassoon |
Terry Patrick Harris | Professional-in-Residence, Voice |
Lin He | Associate Professor, Violin |
Laurence Hebert | Director, LSU Gospel Choir |
Brandon Hendrickson | Assistant Professor, Voice |
Simon Holoweiko | Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Bands |
Blake Howe | Manship Associate Professor, Musicology |
Daniel Isbell | Associate Professor, Music Education |
Dennis Jesse | Galante Family Associate Professor, Voice |
Kelvin Jones | Assistant Director of Bands, Director of Tiger Band |
Cecilia Kang | Associate Professor, Clarinet |
Katherine Kemler | Charles and Mary Barre’ Alumni Professor, Flute |
Warren Kimball | Instructor of Music |
Elena Lacheva | Professional-in-Residence Collaborative Piano |
Espen Lilleslatten | Associate Professor, Violin |
Olivia Lucas | Assistant Professor, Music Theory |
James "Dugg" McDonough | Mary Barrett Fruehan Associate Professor, Opera |
Alison McFarland | Associate Professor, Musicology |
Sandra Moon | Associate Professor, Voice |
Seth Orgel | Manship Professor, Horn |
Ana Maria Otamendi | Janice and Gerald Pellar Professor, Collaborative Piano |
Dennis Parker | Derryl and Helen Haymon Professor, Cello |
Robert Peck | Professor of Music Theory |
Johanna Pennington | Associate Professor, Oboe |
Jeffrey Perry | Paula G. Manship Professor, Music Theory |
Pamela Pike | Aloysia Landry Barineau Professor, Piano Pedagogy |
Carlos Riazuelo | Manship Director of Orchestral Studies, Associate Professor, Conducting |
Brian Shaw | Associate Professor Julian and Sidney Carruth Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies |
Loraine Sims | Edith Killgore Kirkpatrick Professor, Voice |
Joseph Skillen | Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, Gallante Professor of Tuba and Euphonium |
Herndon Spillman | Professor Emeritus Carolyn Botkin Mattax Herndon Spillman Professor of Organ Studies |
Ann Marie Stanley | Aloysia L. Barineau Associate Professor, Music Education |
Doug Stone | Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies |
Damon Talley | Paula G. Manship Director of Bands, Associate Professor of Conducting |
Matthew Vangjel | Associate Professor of Trumpet |
Yung-chiao Wei | Professor of Double Bass |
Gabriella Werries | Instructor of Harp |
Justin West | Assistant Professor of Music Education |
Kristin Sosnowsky | Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Professor of Arts Administration |
Jeremy Bernardoni | Assistant Professor of Costume Design |
Eun Jin Cho | Visiting Sound Designer |
Sonya Cooke | Assistant Professor of Acting |
John Michael Eddy | Professional-In-Residence, Props Master |
Nick Erickson | Associate Professor of Stage Movement |
Femi Euba | Professor of Black Drama and Playwriting, Louise and Kenneth Kinney Professor |
John Fletcher | Associate Professor of Theatre History, Billy J. Harbin Professor |
Tara A. Houston | Assistant Professor of Scenic Design |
George Judy | Professor of Acting and Directing, Gresdna A. Doty Professor |
Kyla Kazuschyk | Associate Professor of Costume Technology |
James L. Murphy | Professor of Theatre Technology, Technical Director, and Production Manager |
Susan Perlis | Co-Head of Dance |
Isaac Pletcher | Assistant Professor of Film & TV |
Claudio Ribeiro | Professional-in-Residence, Co-Head of Dance |
Rockford Sansom | Assistant Professor of Voice |
Alan Sikes | Associate Professor of Theatre History |
C. Touchet | Instructor of Entertainment, Lighting, and Media Production |
Shannon Walsh | Associate Professor of Theatre History |
Chris Wood | Professional-In-Residence, Scenic Technology |
Todd Queen | Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts |
Kristin Sosnowsky | Executive Associate Dean, College of Music & Dramatic Arts |
James Byo | Director, School of Music |
Joseph Skillen | Associate Dean of Graduate Studies |
Ruth Alise | Front Office Manager, School of Music |
Josh Allred | Theatre Recruiter, Office of Student Success |
Doris Butler | Business Officer, School of Music |
Leonce Clement | Creative Coordinator |
Kara Duplantier | Business Manager, Department of Bands |
Melissa Fay | Business Manager, School of Theatre |
Paloma Gonzalez | Student Services Coordinator |
Zachary Hazelwood | Director of Operations |
William Kelley | Audio Engineer |
Stephen Koivisto | Instrument Repair Technician |
Ali Leonard | Opera Production Coordinator |
Tim Love | Executive Assistant, Dean's Office |
Alexia Perez | Music Recruiter, Office of Student Success |
Ferris Peters | Front Office Coordinator, Theatre |
Lori Pilley | Director of Development |
Cullen Sadler | Marketing Coordinator |
Amy Smith | Interim Assistant Dean, Office of Student Success |
Vastine Stabler | Managing Artistic Director, Swine Palace |
Amy Trahan | Business Manager, School of Music |